By Joshua Kim. 10 reasons why our efforts at internal campus communications are falling short:
#1. Message Saturation:
There are already too many campus messages. We operate in a marketplace of ideas, and the supply of ideas is outstripping demand. Read more...
Discussing the “Revolution in Higher Education”
By Joshua Kim. Rich DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education situates the discussion about new technologies and new methods squarely within our postsecondary productivity crisis. Read more...
Newspapers, Colleges, and 'Geeks Bearing Gifts'
By Joshua Kim. Journalism and education. Newspapers and colleges. Reporters and professors. Readers and students. Circulation and enrollment. Advertising and tuition. Subscriptions and state funding. Read more...
The Book ’Machines of Loving Grace'
By Joshua Kim. If 2013 was The Year of the MOOC, 2015 may just be The Year of the Robot. Read more...
'The Boom' and 'The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels’
By Joshua Kim. Our IHE community may be diverse, argumentative, and hard to pigeonhole - but I doubt that as a whole we are big fans of fracking. Read more...
‘Beyond Measure’ and ‘Why We Work’
By Joshua Kim. Books are how I understand the world. If I was in charge of the universe, or even if I was in charge of running something on campus, I would start by having everyone I work with read and discuss some books. Read more...
4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read ‘The Gift of Failure’
By Joshua Kim. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that The Gift of Failure is only a book for people with kids. This is a book that every educator should make time to read. In fact, it may be that those of use involved in postsecondary education need grapple with the ideas in this amazing book more than anyone else. Read more...
It Doesn’t Matter Until It Does
By Matt Reed. “Why do we need to write that down? We’ve done it that way for years!”
Well, yes. But if you get hauled into court, you’ll wish you had written it down.
The case of the University of Kansas student whose tweets initially got him expelled, until the expulsion was overturned on appeal, is just the latest lesson. More...
